Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Obituaries
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Memorial Service for Jim Colliton
I previously blogged the sad news of the death of James Colliton, age 64, a tax professor at DePaul for over thirty years. Jim died Saturday after a two year battle with cancer. His moving obituary appears in today's Chicago Tribune, and is reprinted with permission on DePaul's web site. I especially like these snippets: The Colorado…
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Death of Jim Colliton
I am sorry to bring you ews of the death of James Colliton, a tax professor at DePaul for over thirty years. Jim died Saturday after a two year battle with cancer. From his DePaul faculty page: Professor Colliton worked for the IRS in Washington, D.C. [1974-77] His primary areas of research focus on tax and trusts…
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Death of Oliver Oldman
Oliver Oldman, Expert in International Tax, 1920-2008 (Harvard Law School press release): Oliver Oldman ‘53, Learned Hand Professor of Law Emeritus, died on December 5, 2008, at the age of 88. Educated at Harvard College (S.B. 1942) and the Harvard Law School (LL.B. 1953), Oldman taught at the Law School from 1959 to 1993. He directed…
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Death of Dick Speidel
Richard Speidel (San Diego) died on September 6 at the age of 75 after a long bout with cancer. From the San Diego press release: As one colleague put it, Dick was “a towering figure in the field of contracts,” one of the leading scholars of his generation. He was also one of the nation’s…
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University of Miami Law Review Publishes Gedenkschrift Honoring John Gaubatz
The University of Miami Law Review has published a Gedenkschrift honoring John T. Gaubatz (1942-2007), 62 U. Miami L. Rev. 673-837 (2008): Jeffrey N. Pennell, In Memoriam: John T. Gaubatz, 62 U. Miami L. Rev. 673 (2008) Hilarie Bass, In Memoriam: John T. Gaubatz, 62 U. Miami L. Rev. 679 (2008) Alan C. Swan, In…
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Death of Earl F. Davis
Earl F. Davis, a retired faculty member at the University of Georgia’s J.M. Tull School of Accounting for thirty years, died on August 8 at the age of 82. From the obituary: He graduated from Boston University with a BS degree and a degree in law. He received his MBA from New York University and…
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Death of Bill Goldstein
William M. Goldstein, former managing partner of Drinker Biddle and former chair of the firm’s tax practice group, died this morning at the age of 72. From a firm email: Over a legal career that spanned 48 years, Bill was one of the nation’s preeminent tax and business lawyers. … After Princeton, Bill attended Harvard…
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Prof Randy Pausch Dies at 47
Last fall, I blogged the incredibly moving last lecture of Randy Pausch, a 47-year old computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University and father of three pre-school children who died today of pancreatic cancer. See Associated Press and New York Times reports. If you haven’t yet watched the video, I encourage you to do so…
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Death of Edward N. Delaney
Edward N. Delaney, a prominent Washington, D.C. tax lawyer and founder of Delaney & Associates, died on Febuary 11, 2008. For details, see the current issue of the ABA Tax Lawyer (61 Tax Law. 355 (2008)).
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Death of Walter Diamond
Today’s New York Times reports on the death of international tax expert Walter H. Diamond: Walter H. Diamond, an expert on international taxation, trade and economics who advised world leaders and wrote more than 80 books, died on May 23 in White Plains. He was 95 and lived in Hartsdale, N.Y. The cause was kidney…
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Death of Alan J. Aronsohn
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death of Alan J. Aronsohn, former tax partner (and managing partner) of Bryan Cave. He was a name partner in the New York City law firm of Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman, which merged with Bryan Cave in 2002. Mr. Aronsohn was an expert…
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Death of Judge (and Former Tax Prof) Joseph Sneed
Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Joseph T. Sneed, III, died on February 9 at the age of 87. Before his appointment to the Ninth Circuit in 1973, Judge Sneed was a Tax Prof at Texas (1947-57), Cornell (1957-62), and Stanford (1962-71), as well as Dean of Duke Law School (1971-73) and Deputy Attorney General (1973). The…
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Death of Dean Weiner
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death of Dean Weiner, a former tax partner at O’Melveny & Myers and a long-time adjunct in the Loyola-L.A. Graduate Tax Program. In 2006, Dean accepted early retirement from O’Melveny and became a full-time Distinguished Lecturer at Loyola until he was diagnosed with a brain…
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Death of Michael Saltzman
I am sorry to bring you news of the death of Michael I. Saltzman, a tax partner at White & Case in New York City who is perhaps best known as the author of the treatise IRS Practice and Procedure (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2d ed. 1991). From the New York Times obituary: SALTZMAN–Michael I.,…
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Death of Arthur B. White — A “Quiet Giant of the Tax Law”
Arthur B. White, a former attorney in the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel and Tax Prof at WIlliam & Mary, died on December 13 at the age of 93. From the obituary in the Washington Post: Mr. White joined the IRS in Washington in 1940 and worked in the office of the chief counsel until…
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Tax Shelter Promoter Hoyt Dies in Federal Prison
Walter J. Hoyt III, serving a 20-year sentence for tax fraud in connection with over 100 syndicated cattle limited partnership tax shelters, died in federal prison on September 6. From Darryll K. Jones, The "Hoyt Fiasco," 112 Tax Notes 83 (July 3, 2006): Hoyt used plain old limited partnerships, right out in the wide open…
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Death of Tax Court Special Trial Judge Carleton D. Powell
The Tax Court has announced that Special Trial Judge Carleton D. Powell died on August 23: Special Trial Judge Powell had served on the Tax Court since his appointment on August 25, 1985. … From 1967 to 1970, he worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Richmond in various positions. In 1970, he became an…
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Celebrating the Life of Bernie Caron
I blogged last month about the sudden death of my 82 year old father, Bernie Caron. In the picture, he is holding his award for winning the 2006 Tanner City Idol Competition for his rendition of Frank Sinatra’s Young at Heart. The local newspaper profiled my father before the 2007 Competition last night. Our family…
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Death of John Gaubatz
In June, I bought you the news (here and here) of the death of Tax Prof John T. Gaubatz. The University of Miami School of Law has posted on its web site a report of John’s death, as well as links to: Miami Herald obituary Slide presentation shown at John’s retirement party (4/24/07) Remarks Hilarie…
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Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Faculty Scholar
It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since the death of our Penn State friend and colleague Maureen Cavanaugh (see TaxProf Blog coverage here, here, here, and here). Shortly after Maureen’s death, Dean Philip J. McConnaughay announced the establishment of an endowed faculty position to be known as the Maureen…
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Remembering Bernie Caron
Thanks to all of my friends (real and virtual) who called and sent emails, on-line condolences, cards, and flowers in response to the heart breaking news I posted on Tuesday about the sudden death of my 82 year old father, Bernie Caron. We laid my father to rest today in a moving ceremony. If you…
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Death of John Gaubatz
Following up on Friday’s post on the death of Miami Tax Prof John T. Gaubatz at age 65: see his obituary from the Miami Herald:. Born April 21, 1942, in Denver, Gaubatz graduated from Colorado State University in 1964 with a bachelor’s in physics and earned his law degree from the University of Chicago in…
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Death of John Gaubatz
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death of Miami Tax Prof John T. Gaubatz. From his colleague Michael Froomkin’s blog: Michael and I regret to announce the death of our colleague John Gaubatz. John was a long-time member of the UM faculty, a strong teacher in the classic socratic mold, a…
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D. Nelson Adams, Former Head of Tax Department and Former Managing Partner of Davis Polk, Dies at 97
The New York Times reports that D. Nelson Adams, former tax lawyer and managing partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, has died at 97 A specialist in corporate tax law, Mr. Adams spent his entire career at Davis Polk …. Mr. Adams joined Davis Polk in 1936, becoming a partner in 1949. He became head…
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Virginia Tech Tragedy Touches Tax Community
The Virginia Tech tragedy has touched the tax community: the daughter of C. Bryan Cloyd, John E. Peterson, Jr. Professor of Accounting at Virginia Tech, was among the 32 students killed on Monday. Austin Cloyd, an 18-year old Freshman at Virginia Tech, was shot and killed in her French class. For details, see this Associated…